In this volume, leading systematic theologians and New Testament scholars working today undertake a fresh and constructive interdisciplinary engagement with key eschatological themes in Christian theology in close conversation with the work of Karl Barth. Ranging from close exegetical studies of Barthâs treatment of eschatological themes in his commentary on Romans or lectures on 1 Corinthians, to examination of his mature dogmatic discussions of death and evil, this volume offers a fascinating variety of insights into both Barthâs theology and its legacy, as well as the eschatological dimensions of the biblical witness and its salience for both the academy and church.
Contributors are: John M. G. Barclay, Douglas Campbell, Christophe Chalamet, Kaitlyn Dugan, Nancy J. Duff, Susan Eastman, Beverly Roberts Gaventa, Grant Macaskill, Kenneth Oakes, Christoph Schwöbel Christiane Tietz, Philip G. Ziegler.
Kaitlyn Dugan, Ph.D. (2022, Aberdeen), is Managing Director of the Center for Barth Studies, Princeton Theological Seminary. Her dissertation develops a systematic theology of death informed by and in conversation with both New Testament Pauline apocalyptic and Karl Barth.
Philip G. Ziegler, Th.D. (2002, Toronto) is Professor of Christian Dogmatics at the University of Aberdeen. Researching and writing in the field of modern theology, his publications include Militant Grace: The Apocalyptic Turn and the Future of Christian Theology (Baker, 2018).
"[T]his volume offers a fascinating variety of insights into both Barthâs theology and its legacy, as well as the eschatological dimensions of the biblical witness and its salience for both the academy and church. " Jim West Zwinglius Redivivus, 30-02-2022.
Acknowledgements
Introduction
âKaitlyn Dugan and Philip G. Ziegler
1 The Beginning of the End or the End of the Beginning? Barthâs Eschatology as a Guide to the Perplexed
âChristoph Schwöbel
2 Eschatology and Gospel in the Time of Expectation
âKenneth Oakes
3 The Custody of HopeâThe Resurrection of the Dead and Christian Existence
âSusan Eastman
4 âThe Day Is at HandââBarthâs Interpretation of Pauline Eschatology in the Römerbrief
âJohn M.G. Barclay
5 The Idolatrous Self and the EikonâThe Possibility of True Worship
âGrant Macaskill
6 The Finality of the GospelâBarthâs Römerbrief âon Romans 9â11
âBeverly Roberts Gaventa
7 Paulâs Account of the Future: A Case Study in Pauline Dogmatics
âDouglas A. Campbell
8 Redemption of This WorldâReflections on Eschatology in Light of Barthâs Dogmatic Lectures in Münster (1925â1926)
âChristophe Chalamet
9 âStanding on the Boundary, Where Now and Yet Then Touch Each OtherââBarth on Theodicy and Eschatology
âChristiane Tietz
10 The Ethics of Resisting and Accepting Death in Karl Barthâs Theology
âNancy J. Duff
11 The First and Final âNoââThe Finality of the Gospel and the Old Enemy
âPhilip G. Ziegler
Bibliography Index
This book will be of particular interest and value to university students at all levels (undergraduate, graduate, postgraduate), specialist researchers, university instructors and academics, pastors and practitioners of Christian ministry. The most relevant subject areas are theology, biblical hermeneutics, and New Testament studies, religious studies, and philosophy of religion.